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Time difference between New York and Oslo

Oslo is currently 6 hours ahead of New York. The best shared working window is 13:00–14:00 UTC — 1 hour a day. The table below shows the hours side by side.

New York
works with →
Oslo
New Yorkyour day
09:00–17:00 local
Oslotheir day
08:00–16:00 local
Sharedboth at work
1h
13:00–14:00 UTC
09:00–10:00 in New York 15:00–16:00 in Oslo
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09:08–09:53 New York 15:08–15:53 Oslo
Working hours

National conventions are the default and the public figure. Change them here for your own answer — the chart, the window and the calendar file all follow.

New York 09:00 – 17:00 8 h
Oslo 08:00 – 16:00 8 h
1hoverlap
hard, One thin hour. Fine for a weekly sync, painful for anything live. Best window 13:00–14:00 UTC.
The two days, hour by hour One column an hour, both cities on the same instant. Where the two teal runs line up is when you can both be at work.
New York
Oslo

09:00 New York At work = 15:00 Oslo At work

Asleep Awake At work Both at work 1 h · 09:00–10:00 New York · 15:00–16:00 Oslo

Tap any hour to read it in both cities.

The difference changes twice a year

New York and Oslo do not change their clocks on the same dates, so a standing meeting moves by an hour in these weeks.

  • 25 October – 31 October +5 h
  • 14 March – 27 March +5 h
  • usually +6 h

Days when one side is not at work

A public holiday is not a time-zone fact, so no converter shows it — but it is the same question.

  • 7 September — Labor Day New York off
  • 12 October — Columbus Day New York off
  • 11 November — Veterans Day New York off
  • 26 November — Thanksgiving Day New York off
Hour by hour
New YorkOslo
00:00 06:00
01:00 07:00
02:00 08:00
03:00 09:00
04:00 10:00
05:00 11:00
06:00 12:00
07:00 13:00
08:00 14:00
09:00 15:00 both at work
10:00 16:00
11:00 17:00
12:00 18:00
13:00 19:00
14:00 20:00
15:00 21:00
16:00 22:00
17:00 23:00
18:00 00:00
19:00 01:00
20:00 02:00
21:00 03:00
22:00 04:00
23:00 05:00

The difference adjusts automatically for daylight saving in both New York and Oslo.

The working week

New York
09:00 to 17:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Oslo
08:00 to 16:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Norwegian offices typically start and finish an hour earlier than central Europe.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.

FAQ

How many hours between New York and Oslo?

Oslo is 6 hours ahead of New York (+6 hours).

When is the best time for a meeting?

Around 13:00–14:00 UTC, when both working days overlap — New York works 09:00–17:00 and Oslo works 08:00–16:00, each in their own local time.

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